Phone with GPS but without data plan or wifi

sliem

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Hello,

I'm looking for a phone with:
-GPS
-Mp3 player
-SIM or micro SIM slot
-SD/microSD card

Optionals:
-camera
-touchscreen
-wifi (but GPS must work without wifi)

Without:
-data plan

I'm in California.
I currently have a regular phone (paid $16) and have AT&T (pay as you go plan).
For the map, I plan to download locally and use offline, probably just U.S or even just California.

Is there such phone?

Thanks.
 

ittimjones

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ANY phone with a GPS is going to have data. You can disable data on an android phone.

What's ur budget?

My Nexus 4 is awesome. It's $300 from google play store.

idk where u expect to buy such a phone. I doubt any store will sell u one for under $100, but idk. i don't care about budget phones.

my Nexus 4 is running on Straight Talk's Unlimited AT&T plan
 

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Does that Nexus 4 GPS work if you turn off the data and wifi?
My budget is under $150
 

ittimjones

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Yeah. there are some directions/maps apps that ONLY use the GPS function, but the only reason they can do this is because they have the maps already downloaded to the device (the same way a full GPS unit would).

Google is actually looking to release google maps that allows for "offline" maps (just predownloading what you need before turning off the data)
 

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Hi, do you know what apps?
I borrowed my friend's Nexus 4: turned off wifi and data. Google map does not work (stuck at "loading"). Navigation (the app came with the phone) says it needs data connection.

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Ah, yes here it is.
https://support.google.com/gmm/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=2649131&parent=1616955&ctx=topic
I will try later. Thanks!

It does say it has a limit of how big of an area we can download.
I hope I can download my entire city...

UPDATE 5/3/2013 7:57am
Yesterday I was able to make my entire city "offline" (google maps). However, I can't get any directions as it says it needs data connection. Without direction, it's pretty much useless.

Any other apps?